Improving the Vocabulary and Oral Language Skills of Bilingual Latino Preschoolers

Dr. Vera Gutierrez-Clellen is a bilingual speech-language pathologist, professor, and Coordinator of the Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology Certificate in the School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at San Diego State University. Dr. Gabriela Simon-Cereijido is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at California State University, Los Angeles and a certified bilingual speech-language pathologist. She has extensive experience working with Spanish-speaking children with atypical language development in both educational and research settings. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Simon-Cereijido has taught and supervised bilingual teachers, graduate students, and speech-language pathologists at several universities. Dr. M. Adelaida Restrepo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at Arizona State University.

Foreword Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1. Introduction CHAPTER 2. The Language of Intervention CHAPTER 3. The Context of the Intervention CHAPTER 4. The Vocabulary Intervention CHAPTER 5. The Oral Language Intervention CHAPTER 6. What is the VOLAR Intervention like? CHAPTER 7. VOLAR lessons CHAPTER 8. The Training and Coaching of the VOLAR Interventionist Index